From akrherz at iastate.edu  Thu Dec  1 11:00:11 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:00:11 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112011700.pB1H0BLD026705@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 01 December 2011

> News

 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : Internet Issues
 | Date  : 01 Dec 08:38 AM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/
 +----------------------------------------------

<p>The building internet here at Agronomy Hall is having issues, so the 
IEM is sometimes unavailable as the network drops out.  ISU Tech folks 
are actively looking into the matter.  

> Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-11-30
 | Title : Cloud Sensor Differences
 | Date  : 30 Nov 06:02 AM
 | Votes : Good: 23   Bad: 5
 +----------------------------------------------

The airport weather sensors for Des Moines and Ames are typically 
called 'ASOS' sensors and lumped into the same data pile as they both 
have similar sensors and maintenance standards.  The featured chart 
presents a summary of reported sky conditions at 6 AM each morning this 
year.  While these sites are only separated by 30 some miles, there are 
some large differences in the number of clear mornings reported.  The 
difference here is that the Des Moines sensor has augmentors that 
report cloud ceilings higher (to 25,000 feet) in the sky than the Ames 
sensor can (to 12,000 feet).  This is just one of the data quirks that 
keeps life fun and various people employed to keep track of this all!

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 30 Nov 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Fri Dec  2 11:00:11 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:00:11 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112021700.pB2H0BDT031847@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 02 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-01
 | Title : Big Warmup for late November
 | Date  : 01 Dec 05:58 AM
 | Votes : Good: 16   Bad: 3
 +----------------------------------------------

Temperatures yesterday warmed 37 degrees for Ames after a chilly start 
in the low teens.  Having this large of a daily warm up is somewhat 
rare for this time of year as shown by the featured chart.  The chart 
presents the frequency of 20+, 30+, and 35+ degree differences between 
the daily low and high temperature.  The spring and fall seasons show 
up clearly in this chart along with a general annual signal of the 20 
degree line. The dip in frequencies for the largest differences in the 
summer is due to shorter nighttime periods (less time to cool off) and 
abundance of water vapor to help moderate any temperature moves.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 01 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sat Dec  3 11:00:08 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:00:08 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112031700.pB3H0835012500@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 03 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-02
 | Title : Large Gradient for November
 | Date  : 02 Dec 05:59 AM
 | Votes : Good: 16   Bad: 3
 +----------------------------------------------

Precipitation totals for November ranged from  around double of average 
over southeast Iowa to around 10% of average over northwest Iowa as 
shown by the featured map.  This pattern did not help the dry 
conditions that have been worsening over portions of the northern 
plains.  A winter storm is set to arrive this weekend with a dry work 
week expected after that.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 02 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sun Dec  4 11:00:10 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:00:10 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112041700.pB4H0ARr026382@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 04 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

    No feature posted

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 03 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Mon Dec  5 11:00:10 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:00:10 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112051700.pB5H0Aua021924@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 05 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-04
 | Title : '11-'12 Winter Storm #2
 | Date  : 04 Dec 11:05 AM
 | Votes : Good: 18   Bad: 4
 +----------------------------------------------

Our second significant winter storm of the season is in the books with 
snowfall totals upwards of six inches reported.  A good portion of the 
state that didn't see snowfall, saw needed heavy rainfall of around an 
inch. Unlike the nice warm up that occurred after our first winter 
storm, very cold air is coming with highs expected below freezing for 
most of the week.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 04 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Tue Dec  6 11:00:24 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:00:24 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112061700.pB6H0Osn025064@despam-10.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 06 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

    No feature posted

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 05 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 1 Verified: 1  [100.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [53.2 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [23.0 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [10.7 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [6563 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.50]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [0.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.50]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Wed Dec  7 11:00:10 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:00:10 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112071700.pB7H0AmR009804@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 07 December 2011

> News

 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : Server Issues
 | Date  : 06 Dec 12:42 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/
 +----------------------------------------------

<p>My second main fileserver is unhappy at the moment and I am 
attempting to get it back online.  The Level II NEXRAD data is 
unavailable due to this outage, will post updates as it gets going I 
hope.

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-06
 | Title : Frozen Days
 | Date  : 06 Dec 05:57 AM
 | Votes : Good: 14   Bad: 3
 +----------------------------------------------

Ames experienced its first day with a high temperature below freezing 
on Sunday.  The featured chart presents the number of days each winter 
with a daily high temperature below freezing along with the first day 
of winter below freezing.  The first day this year is a bit later than 
normal.  The bottom chart hints that having the first frozen day in 
December typically leads to a below average number of frozen days for 
the winter season.  If this were to happen, it would buck the recent 
trend shown in the middle figure of having above average number of days 
per year with a high temperature below freezing.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 06 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Thu Dec  8 11:00:08 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:00:08 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112081700.pB8H083F017775@despam-13.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 08 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-07
 | Title : -20 to 20
 | Date  : 07 Dec 05:56 AM
 | Votes : Good: 24   Bad: 5
 +----------------------------------------------

Low temperatures have been quite cold for this time of year with near 
record low values over northwestern Iowa thanks to a new snowfall and 
clear skies. The featured map presents an analysis of low temperatures 
for Tuesday showing a 40+ degree gradient over Iowa.  Southeastern Iowa 
is snow free and had the warm comfort of clouds overhead which help to 
trap in the earth's heat during the nighttime.  The forecast has some 
hope for slightly above freezing temperatures this weekend.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 07 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm   11    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   1
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 11 Verified: 10  [90.9 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [35.5 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [41.2 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [28.9 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [3404 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.64]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [0.09]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.60]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Fri Dec  9 11:00:11 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:00:11 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112091700.pB9H0Bio031800@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 09 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-08
 | Title : Interference
 | Date  : 08 Dec 05:59 AM
 | Votes : Good: 21   Bad: 5
 +----------------------------------------------

Those of you that frequently look at weather radar have perhaps noticed 
a nearly persistent feature showing up over southern Iowa.  The 
featured map presents the frequency of RADAR returns over 0 dBZ for 
most of yesterday.  The red bar you see is coming from the Saint Louis 
RADAR and is the result of interference, perhaps coming from a nearby 
cellular phone tower.  The map also shows blobs around the Des Moines 
and Davenport RADAR due to ground clutter (the RADAR beam hitting stuff 
on the ground and reflecting back to the RADAR).  These types of 
phenomena make RADAR meteorology fun and a challenge to derive reliable 
products like precipitation estimates from reflectivity data.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 08 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sat Dec 10 11:00:44 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:00:44 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112101700.pBAH0ifH023142@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 10 December 2011

> News

 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : Nov ASOS Data Uploaded
 | Date  : 09 Dec 06:12 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/request/asos/1min.phtml
 +----------------------------------------------

<p>The one minute interval Iowa ASOS data has been uploaded to the IEM.  
Data for Omaha, Sioux Falls, and Davenport is included as well. Enjoy.

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-09
 | Title : First Frozen Streak
 | Date  : 09 Dec 05:57 AM
 | Votes : Good: 14   Bad: 5
 +----------------------------------------------

The high temperature on Thursday barely breached freezing for Ames 
putting an end to the streak of four days below freezing.  The featured 
chart presents a comparison between the length of the first period 
below freezing each winter to the total number of days below freezing 
and the average temperature for that winter season.  The good news is 
that having an initial streak of four days does not appear to provide a 
hint to having a bad winter season.  Today will be another cold day 
with a slight warmup expected for this weekend.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 09 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      2    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
No Warnings Issued

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sun Dec 11 11:00:09 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:00:09 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112111700.pBBH09FQ024350@despam-13.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 11 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

    No feature posted

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 10 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      6    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Mon Dec 12 11:00:28 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:00:28 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112121700.pBCH0S1x020291@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 12 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-11
 | Title : '11-'12 Winter Storm #3
 | Date  : 11 Dec 06:39 PM
 | Votes : Good: 7   Bad: 2
 +----------------------------------------------

While it wasn't much of a winter storm, our most recent bout with 
winter brought a few inches of snow over portions of southern Iowa. 
This snow is already gone thanks to warm temperatures on Sunday.  More 
storms are in the forecast for this week, but the chances for rain seem 
to be better than snow at this point.  Some portions of Iowa may set 
monthly precipitation records for December after this week is over.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 11 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Tue Dec 13 11:00:03 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:00:03 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112131700.pBDH03Am024781@despam-10.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 13 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-12
 | Title : Many storms to go
 | Date  : 12 Dec 05:55 AM
 | Votes : Good: 18   Bad: 4
 +----------------------------------------------

The featured chart presents a climatology of winter season snow storms 
for Des Moines. For this chart, a snow storm is defined as having at 
least one day with measurable snowfall followed by at least one day 
without snow.  The years with the maximum and minimum number of storms 
are shown as well. With only a few storms in the books this year, we 
have plenty more to go. 

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Wed Dec 14 11:00:07 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:00:07 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112141700.pBEH07a9004702@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 14 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-13
 | Title : More snow to go
 | Date  : 13 Dec 05:56 AM
 | Votes : Good: 21   Bad: 2
 +----------------------------------------------

Yesterday's feature presented the climatology of the number of winter 
snow storms.  The featured chart today presents the total snowfall for 
the winter season.  The years with the maximum and minimum accumulation 
are shown as well.  For the immediate future, our chances of rain look 
to be better than snow, but technically it is still the fall season and 
we have all of the winter season yet to go!

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 13 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Thu Dec 15 11:00:13 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:13 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112151700.pBFH0Dll028974@despam-10.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 15 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-14
 | Title : First Fall Hard Freeze Climatology
 | Date  : 14 Dec 05:48 AM
 | Votes : Good: 23   Bad: 3
 +----------------------------------------------

Having air temperatures at or below 28 degrees Fahrenheit are often 
considered to be a 'killing frost' event.  It is not an exact science 
and very small scale processes occur to kill or protect the plant, 
anyway the featured chart presents the the frequency of having such a 
cold temperature by a given date in the fall season. For example, 
Waukon has seen the first hard freeze roughly 70% of the years prior to 
1 November. There is a variation of just around a month from the 
earliest to latest in the state.  In fact, Fort Madison made it till 9 
December back in 2001 before hitting such a cold temperature.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 14 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    3    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 3 Verified: 0  [0.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [57.7 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [48.5 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [1721 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [1.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Fri Dec 16 11:00:22 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:00:22 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112161700.pBGH0MUw025172@despam-13.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 16 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-15
 | Title : Heavy rainfall for December
 | Date  : 15 Dec 05:56 AM
 | Votes : Good: 20   Bad: 2
 +----------------------------------------------

The featured map presents precipitation estimates for the past two days 
from NOAA.  A portion of southeastern Iowa is shown in the 1.5 to 3 
inch range, which is quite large for December!  Unfortunately, the 
areas that need the rain the most over northwestern Iowa largely missed 
out again.  Temperatures on Wednesday were abnormally warm as well with 
record maximum low temperatures set in some locations.  Normal 
temperatures return today along with not much hope for a white 
Christmas.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 15 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sat Dec 17 11:00:04 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:00:04 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112171700.pBHH04qn022006@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 17 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-16
 | Title : Getting better and worse
 | Date  : 16 Dec 05:57 AM
 | Votes : Good: 20   Bad: 3
 +----------------------------------------------

After all of the heavy rainfall events of these past four years, it is 
hard to imagine having drought conditions in Iowa.  The featured chart 
presents a time series of the areal coverage of various drought 
categories in the state from the National Drought Monitor.  The chart 
shows conditions recently getting both better and worse (two arrows) 
with the total area under drought shrinking while the area in severe 
drought condition expanding.  This implies that recent precipitation 
events have missed the hardest hit areas.  These areas are in northwest 
and northcentral Iowa.  The near term forecast does not have much hope 
for large precipitation events.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 16 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sun Dec 18 11:00:03 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:00:03 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112181700.pBIH03Nj032167@despam-10.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 18 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-17
 | Title : '11-'12 Winter Storm #4
 | Date  : 17 Dec 10:53 AM
 | Votes : Good: 11   Bad: 4
 +----------------------------------------------

A small snow storm clipped portions of extreme eastern Iowa Friday 
night and Saturday morning.  Snow fall accumulations were under four 
inches for Iowa. This snow will not stick around long with above 
freezing temperatures expected this weekend.  The big question at the 
moment is if we will have a white Christmas.  The chances do not look 
good at this point.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 17 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Mon Dec 19 11:00:05 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:00:05 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112191700.pBJH05AG005696@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 19 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

    No feature posted

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 18 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Tue Dec 20 11:00:07 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:00:07 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112201700.pBKH07hc001591@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 20 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-19
 | Title : Great Sunday for mid December
 | Date  : 19 Dec 05:56 AM
 | Votes : Good: 20   Bad: 3
 +----------------------------------------------

Temperatures warmed into the 50s for most of Iowa on Sunday with even 
warmer temperatures to our west. This warm air will be replaced by 
colder air supporting a major winter storm developing to our southwest. 
Blizzard warnings are in place for much of the region near the Oklahoma 
panhandle.  This storm's impact on Iowa remains in doubt with the main 
storm impacts passing just to our south.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 19 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 1 Verified: 0  [0.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [34.0 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [67.3 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [3370 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [1.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Wed Dec 21 11:00:05 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:00:05 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112211700.pBLH052d008526@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 21 December 2011

> News

 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : NWS Text by Office by Date
 | Date  : 20 Dec 01:41 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/list.phtml
 +----------------------------------------------

<p>I've made some improvements to the application that lists out 
National Weather Service issued text products.  The primary improvement 
is that the application presents products by issuing center rather than 
a hack using the AFOS product identifier (long story).  Another big 
improvement is that the app runs much faster.  I also added to the 
listing of issuing centers various river forecast centers and other 
non-weather forecast offices.

<p>This change makes the app much more useful as you can now truly see 
most all products issued by a given center within the NWS.  This 
application archives about 25,000 products per day and has data 
available back to 1 Jan 2009.

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-20
 | Title : Before and after Christmas
 | Date  : 20 Dec 05:56 AM
 | Votes : Good: 26   Bad: 3
 +----------------------------------------------

The featured chart presents a comparison between the accumulated 
snowfall prior to and after Christmas.  Only a handful of winters have 
seen less snowfall after Christmas than before.  The chart also shows 
that not having much snow prior to 25 December does not limit the 
amount of snow after with some of the largest totals coming after just 
a few inches in the first period.  Currently, a large winter storm is 
just to our southwest, but struggling to bring snow into Iowa.  The 
chances for a white Christmas continue to look rather dim.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 20 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       2    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    2    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 4 Verified: 1  [25.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [78.2 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [0.0 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [9.7 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [1229 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[1.00]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [0.75]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.25]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Thu Dec 22 11:00:03 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:00:03 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112221700.pBMH03EF031220@despam-10.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 22 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-21
 | Title : Warmer and less windy December
 | Date  : 21 Dec 05:54 AM
 | Votes : Good: 16   Bad: 1
 +----------------------------------------------

This December has bucked the recent trend of the past four years each 
having cold starts to the month.  The featured chart presents the 
average temperature and wind speed for the first 20 days of December 
since 1940.  The average wind speed is only slightly greater than the 
minimum shown on this chart back in 1971.  Temperatures will be above 
normal again today with plenty of warm weather expected in the next 
seven days.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 21 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 1 Verified: 0  [0.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [48.6 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [0.0 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [2677 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [1.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Fri Dec 23 11:00:18 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:00:18 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112231700.pBNH0IKG018444@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 23 December 2011

> News

 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : Mapserver Update
 | Date  : 22 Dec 04:42 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mapserver.org
 +----------------------------------------------

<p><a href="http://mapserver.org">Mapserver</a> is an open source GIS 
application supporting web mapping.  The IEM has been using it for 
quite a long time and it produces many of the plots you see on the 
website.  I upgraded it to version 6.0.1 today, which is a non-trivial 
update due to changes in its configuration file structure and API 
changes to PHP.  I am sure I have introduced some bugs to the website, 
so please let me know if you see any trouble.

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-22
 | Title : Annual cycles
 | Date  : 22 Dec 05:57 AM
 | Votes : Good: 24   Bad: 5
 +----------------------------------------------

The day with the least amount of daylight is also the start of the 
winter season.  This at first may seem counter-intuitive as the sun is 
the energy source for heating the ground which then heats the air.  We 
have about another month yet to go before we see the coldest average 
air temperatures as shown by the featured chart presenting the daily 
climatologies of air and soil temperatures along with daylight length.  
You can see that none of these curves exactly line up with their 
maximums and minimums shifted in time slightly.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 22 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado      17    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   3
Svr Tstorm   35    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      7    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 52 Verified: 18  [34.6 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [58.4 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [21.2 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [13.3 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [2143 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.60]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [0.65]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.28]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sat Dec 24 11:00:05 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:00:05 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112241700.pBOH05P2028162@despam-13.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 24 December 2011

> News

 +----------------------------------------------
 | Title : March COOP data uploaded
 | Date  : 23 Dec 09:09 PM
 | Author: Daryl Herzmann
 | URL   : http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/climodat/
 +----------------------------------------------

<p>The quality controlled Iowa COOP data for March 2011 has been 
uploaded to the IEM. These observations are kindly provided by Harry 
Hillaker, our state climatologist, who passes along these notes on the 
month:

<p><blockquote>
March temperatures averaged 34.6 degrees or 1.3 degrees below normal 
while
precipitation totaled 1.53 inches or 0.62 inch less than normal.   
This
ranks as the 67th warmest and 55th driest March among 139 years of 
records.
Snowfall averaged 3.3 inches or 1.4 inches less than normal to rank as 
the
41st least snowy March among 124 years of records.
</blockquote>

<p>The following is the number of new daily records set at COOP sites 
based on data back to 1951.

<p><pre>
                 2011_____________________2010 _____________
                 MAR  FEB  JAN  DEC  NOV  OCT  SEP  AUG  JUL
Maximum High:     15   35    2    2   34   60   11   10    0
Minimum High:      2   75    4   17    0    4   43    6    0
Maximum Low:      15   11    0    0   19    1   20   53   19
Minimum Low:       0   18   13    1    9    1    1    2    0
Maximum Precip:   25   54   42   34   55    4  106  103  160
</pre>

<p>The following is some bulk statistics on how well IEM's daily COOP 
data estimator is performing on a monthly basis versus this QC'd 
dataset. No code changes were made.

<p><pre>
                 2011________________2010_____________________
                 MAR   FEB   JAN   DEC   NOV   OCT   SEP   AUG
High Temp Bias   0.7   0.9   1.0   1.2   0.0   0.1   0.5   0.5 
High Temp RMSE   1.3   1.4   1.3   1.5   0.9   1.1   1.2   1.0
Low  Temp Bias   2.4   1.9   1.7   1.5   1.2   0.7   0.7   1.0
Low  Temp RMSE   2.6   2.2   2.0   1.8   1.8   2.0   1.5   1.4
Precip    Bias  -0.25 -0.75 -0.54 -0.52 -0.42 -0.05 -1.22  1.37
Precip    RMSE   0.44  0.77  0.61  0.58  0.49  0.25  1.34  0.60
</pre>


> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-23
 | Title : White Christmas Influence
 | Date  : 23 Dec 05:58 AM
 | Votes : Good: 14   Bad: 5
 +----------------------------------------------

The featured chart presents the observed daily frequency of snowcover 
partitioned by if there was snow cover on Christmas and the overall 
average is shown.  The highlighted area shows the period were these 
three lines show visual differences, which is a way to show the memory 
of having a white or brown Christmas.  In other words, by mid February 
the frequency of having snow cover does not relate to if we had snow 
cover on Christmas.  Back to the matter at hand of our snow state for 
this Christmas, well it will be brown with very warm temperatures in the 40s!

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 23 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sun Dec 25 11:00:04 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:00:04 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112251700.pBPH04Io001884@despam-13.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 25 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

    No feature posted

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 24 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Mon Dec 26 11:00:06 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:00:06 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112261700.pBQH06pu030150@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 26 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

    No feature posted

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 25 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Tue Dec 27 11:00:05 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:00:05 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112271700.pBRH056D019371@despam-10.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 27 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-26
 | Title : Great Christmas
 | Date  : 26 Dec 07:07 AM
 | Votes : Good: 15   Bad: 2
 +----------------------------------------------

After a very warm Thanksgiving, Christmas does not disappoint with high 
temperatures well into the 40s.  The featured chart presents the daily 
high and low temperatures on Christmas Day.  Having a day with a high 
temperature above 45 is rather rare as shown by the red bars on the 
chart.  High temperatures look to continue in the 40s for the rest of 
the year with no snow in sight.

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 26 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      4    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Wed Dec 28 11:00:26 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:00:26 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112281700.pBSH0QIu030606@despam-11.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 28 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-27
 | Title : Ending year with a warm streak
 | Date  : 27 Dec 05:52 AM
 | Votes : Good: 22   Bad: 1
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The featured chart presents the number of consecutive days with daily 
high temperature above 40 degrees to end the calendar year for Des 
Moines.  Our current streak has started on the 23rd and the forecast 
has a good chance of this continuing until this weekend.  Today looks 
to be the most difficult to reach 40.  Interesting to note how the past 
20 years have seen most of the longest streaks. 

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 27 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       3    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 4 Verified: 0  [0.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [72.3 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [26.2 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [10.2 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [1012 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[1.00]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [1.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Thu Dec 29 11:05:04 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:05:04 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112291705.pBTH54Xh021395@despam-13.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 29 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

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http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-28
 | Title : Great way to end the year
 | Date  : 28 Dec 05:56 AM
 | Votes : Good: 17   Bad: 2
 +----------------------------------------------

The featured map is of forecasted high temperatures by the National 
Weather Service for this coming Saturday, the last day of the year.  
This would end one of the warmest stretches of late December on record.  
Where has winter gone and does it intend on coming back?

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 28 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
No Warnings Issued

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Fri Dec 30 11:00:10 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:00:10 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112301700.pBUH0ADt004605@despam-13.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 30 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-29
 | Title : From below to above average
 | Date  : 29 Dec 05:55 AM
 | Votes : Good: 12   Bad: 2
 +----------------------------------------------

The featured chart presents the accumulated average temperature 
percentile for Ames for December.  Each value represents the percentile 
for the period from the first of the month to that date.  After the 
first 10 days of December, we were near the coldest 25% of years on 
record.  Thanks to our recent stretch of very mild weather, we are now 
in the warmest 25% of years. The last few days of this year look to be 
remarkably warm with highs near 50!

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 29 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 1 Verified: 1  [100.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [16.5 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [75.8 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [20.5 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [1944 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.50]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [0.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.50]

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From akrherz at iastate.edu  Sat Dec 31 11:00:14 2011
From: akrherz at iastate.edu (daryl herzmann)
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:00:14 -0600
Subject: IEM Daily Bulletin
Message-ID: <201112311700.pBVH0Exn025205@despam-12.iastate.edu>


Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 31 December 2011

> News

    No news is good news

> Daily Feature

 +----------------------------------------------
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2011-12-30
 | Title : 50 degrees in December
 | Date  : 30 Dec 05:55 AM
 | Votes : Good: 20   Bad: 5
 +----------------------------------------------

High temperatures on Thursday were almost too good to be true around 50 
degrees.  How exceptional is it to have 50 degree temperatures in 
December?  The featured chart presents the daily 95th percentile for 
high temperature (which ~50 in December approximately falls).  Using 
this metric, we can see that our current weather is about equivalent to 
having 100 degree temperatures in July. The bottom chart shows the 
distance, as normalized by the day's standard deviation, the 95th 
percentile is from the daily average.  

> NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 30 Dec 2011

             Summary +_________ By WFO ____________+  Watches 
Type         US   IA | ARX   DVN   DMX   OAX   FSD |  US 
Tornado       0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Svr Tstorm    1    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 |   0
Fl Flood      0    0 |   0     0     0     0     0 | N/A

ARX = LaCrosse, WI  DVN = Davenport, IA    DMX = Des Moines, IA 
OAX = Omaha, NE     FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

> IEM Cow Report
SVR+TOR Warnings Issued: 1 Verified: 0  [0.0 %]
Reduction of Size Versus County Based     [76.7 %]
Average Perimeter Ratio                   [0.0 %]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km) [0.0 %]
Average Storm Based Warning Size          [6399 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better)[0.00]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)       [1.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better) [0.00]

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